Give four of The italian bee is better than local varieties
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The Italian Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera Ligustica) is one of the more popular bee strains; however, due to the inconsistency in quality of its specimens, the Italian bee has been both greatly appreciated and criticized. Therefore we’ll try to express our own experience with the Italian honey bee in an objective and balanced manner. An opinion can only be correctly formed as long as it’s backed up by research and valid reasoning.
Italian German Carniolan Buckfast Caucasian Russian
Color Light Dark Black Medium Dark Gray
Disease resistance
Varroa - - - - - +
Tracheal - - - + 0 +
AFB* 0 - + 0 0 0
EFB** 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 + + - 0
Gentleness Moderate Low High Low-Mod High Low-Mod
Spring buildup Good Low Very good Low Very low OK
Over-wintering ability Good Very good Good Good OK Very good
Excess swarming OK OK High Low Low OK
Honey processing Very good OK Good Good Low OK
Propolis Low OK Low Low High OK
Other traits Heavy robbing Short tongue, nice white cappings Low robbing, good comb builders Supersedure queens produce defensive colonies Long tongue Brood rearing affected by flow, queen cells always present
* AFB = America foulbrood
** EFB = European foulbrood
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